EP1537456A2 - Holographie directe-numerique a eclairage indirect - Google Patents

Holographie directe-numerique a eclairage indirect

Info

Publication number
EP1537456A2
EP1537456A2 EP03749369A EP03749369A EP1537456A2 EP 1537456 A2 EP1537456 A2 EP 1537456A2 EP 03749369 A EP03749369 A EP 03749369A EP 03749369 A EP03749369 A EP 03749369A EP 1537456 A2 EP1537456 A2 EP 1537456A2
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
spatially heterodyne
hologram
axis
axis illuminated
fourier
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Withdrawn
Application number
EP03749369A
Other languages
German (de)
English (en)
Inventor
Clarence E. Thomas
Jeffrey R. Price
Edgar Voelkl
Gregory R. Hanson
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
UT Battelle LLC
Original Assignee
UT Battelle LLC
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Priority claimed from US10/234,043 external-priority patent/US7038787B2/en
Priority claimed from US10/234,042 external-priority patent/US6963406B2/en
Priority claimed from US10/234,044 external-priority patent/US6747771B2/en
Application filed by UT Battelle LLC filed Critical UT Battelle LLC
Publication of EP1537456A2 publication Critical patent/EP1537456A2/fr
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03H—HOLOGRAPHIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS
    • G03H1/00—Holographic processes or apparatus using light, infrared or ultraviolet waves for obtaining holograms or for obtaining an image from them; Details peculiar thereto
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03H—HOLOGRAPHIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS
    • G03H1/00—Holographic processes or apparatus using light, infrared or ultraviolet waves for obtaining holograms or for obtaining an image from them; Details peculiar thereto
    • G03H1/04—Processes or apparatus for producing holograms
    • G03H1/08—Synthesising holograms, i.e. holograms synthesized from objects or objects from holograms
    • G03H1/0866—Digital holographic imaging, i.e. synthesizing holobjects from holograms
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01B—MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
    • G01B9/00—Measuring instruments characterised by the use of optical techniques
    • G01B9/02—Interferometers
    • G01B9/021—Interferometers using holographic techniques
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03H—HOLOGRAPHIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS
    • G03H1/00—Holographic processes or apparatus using light, infrared or ultraviolet waves for obtaining holograms or for obtaining an image from them; Details peculiar thereto
    • G03H1/04—Processes or apparatus for producing holograms
    • G03H1/08—Synthesising holograms, i.e. holograms synthesized from objects or objects from holograms
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03H—HOLOGRAPHIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS
    • G03H1/00—Holographic processes or apparatus using light, infrared or ultraviolet waves for obtaining holograms or for obtaining an image from them; Details peculiar thereto
    • G03H1/04—Processes or apparatus for producing holograms
    • G03H1/08—Synthesising holograms, i.e. holograms synthesized from objects or objects from holograms
    • G03H1/0891—Processes or apparatus adapted to convert digital holographic data into a hologram
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03H—HOLOGRAPHIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS
    • G03H1/00—Holographic processes or apparatus using light, infrared or ultraviolet waves for obtaining holograms or for obtaining an image from them; Details peculiar thereto
    • G03H1/04—Processes or apparatus for producing holograms
    • G03H1/16—Processes or apparatus for producing holograms using Fourier transform
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03H—HOLOGRAPHIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS
    • G03H1/00—Holographic processes or apparatus using light, infrared or ultraviolet waves for obtaining holograms or for obtaining an image from them; Details peculiar thereto
    • G03H1/22—Processes or apparatus for obtaining an optical image from holograms
    • G03H1/24—Processes or apparatus for obtaining an optical image from holograms using white light, e.g. rainbow holograms
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03H—HOLOGRAPHIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS
    • G03H1/00—Holographic processes or apparatus using light, infrared or ultraviolet waves for obtaining holograms or for obtaining an image from them; Details peculiar thereto
    • G03H1/04—Processes or apparatus for producing holograms
    • G03H1/0443—Digital holography, i.e. recording holograms with digital recording means
    • G03H2001/0454—Arrangement for recovering hologram complex amplitude
    • G03H2001/0456—Spatial heterodyne, i.e. filtering a Fourier transform of the off-axis record
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03H—HOLOGRAPHIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS
    • G03H2260/00—Recording materials or recording processes
    • G03H2260/50—Reactivity or recording processes
    • G03H2260/54—Photorefractive reactivity wherein light induces photo-generation, redistribution and trapping of charges then a modification of refractive index, e.g. photorefractive polymer

Definitions

  • the invention relates generally to the field of direct-to-digital holography (interferometry). More particularly, the invention relates to off-axis illumination for improved resolution in direct-to-digital holography.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates one simplified embodiment of a DDH system.
  • Light from a laser source 105 is expanded by a beam expander/spatial filter 110 and then travels through a lens 115. Subsequently, the expanded filtered light travels to a beamsplitter 120.
  • the beamsplitter 120 may be partially reflective.
  • the portion of light reflected from the beamsplitter 120 constitutes an object beam 125 which travels to the object 130.
  • the portion of the object beam 125 is that is reflected by the object 130 then passes through the beamsplitter 120 and travels to a focusing lens 145. This light then passes through the focusing lens 145 and travels to a charge coupled device (CCD) camera (not shown).
  • CCD charge coupled device
  • the portion of the light from the lens 115 that passes through the beamsplitter 120 constitutes a reference beam 135.
  • the reference beam 135 is reflected from a mirror 140 at a small angle.
  • the reflected reference beam 135 from the mirror then travels toward the beamsplitter 120.
  • the portion of the reference beam 135 that is reflected from the beamsplitter 120 then travels through the focusing lens 145 and toward the CCD camera (not shown).
  • the object beam 125 from the focusing lens 145 and the reference beam 135 from the focusing lens 145 constitute a plurality of object and reference waves 150 and will interfere at the CCD to produce the interference pattern characteristic of a hologram as noted in U.S. Pat. No. 6,078,392.
  • the object beam 125 is parallel to, and coincident with, the optical axis 127.
  • This type of DDH set-up can be referred to as on-axis illumination.
  • a limitation of this technology has been that the imaging resolution of the DDH system is limited by the optics of the system.
  • the most notable limitation of the optics is the aperture stop, which is required to prevent degradation of the image quality due to aberrations.
  • a process of recording an off-axis illuminated spatially heterodyne hologram including spatially heterodyne fringes for Fourier analysis comprises, reflecting a reference beam from a reference mirror at a non-normal angle; reflecting an object beam from an object at an angle with respect to an optical axis defined by a focusing lens; focusing the reference beam and the object beam at a focal plane of a digital recorder to form the off-axis illuminated spatially heterodyne hologram including spatially heterodyne fringes for Fourier analysis; digitally recording the off-axis illuminated spatially heterodyne hologram including spatially heterodyne fringes for Fourier analysis; Fourier analyzing the recorded off-axis illuminated spatially heterodyne hologram including spatially heterodyne fringes by transforming axes of the recorded off-axis illuminated spatially heterodyne hologram including spatially heterodyne fringes in Fourier space to sit on top
  • a machine operable to digitally record an off- axis illuminated spatially heterodyne hologram including spatially heterodyne fringes for Fourier analysis comprises: a laser; a beamsplitter optically coupled to the laser; a reference beam mirror optically coupled to the beamsplitter; a focusing lens optically coupled to the reference beam mirror; a digital recorder optically coupled to the focusing lens; and a computer that performs a Fourier transform, applies a digital filter, and performs an inverse Fourier transform, wherein a reference beam is incident upon the reference beam mirror at a non-normal angle, an object beam is incident upon an object at an angle with respect to an optical axis defined by the focusing lens, the reference beam and the object beam are focused by the focusing lens at a focal plane of the digital recorder to form the off-axis illuminated spatially heterodyne hologram including spatially heterodyne fringes for Fourier analysis which is recorded by the digital recorder
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic view of a conventional direct-to-digital holography apparatus, appropriately labeled "PRIOR ART.”
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a schematic view of an off-axis illumination direct-to-digital holography apparatus (interferometer) in an on-axis position, representing an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a schematic view of the off-axis illumination direct-to-digital holography apparatus (interferometer) of FIG. 2 in an off-axis position.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a two-dimensional Fourier plane for an object showing one instance of on- axis illumination and one instance of off-axis illumination, representing an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a two-dimensional Fourier plane for an object showing one instance of on- axis illumination and four instances of off-axis illumination, representing an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates a two-dimensional Fourier plane for an object showing all spatial frequencies that contribute to a fused spectrum (merged image), representing an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIGS. 7A-7F illustrate the discrete Fourier spectra (7A-7E) obtained from five different holograms and a fused spectrum (7F), representing embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 8 illustrates an object amplitude reconstructed from the on-axis illuminated hologram, representing an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 9 illustrates an object amplitude reconstructed from a fused result, representing an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 10 illustrates the intersection of the two apertures W 0 (q) and W k (q) t representing an embodiment of the invention. DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
  • the context of the invention can include obtaining, storing and/or replaying digital data.
  • the context of the invention can include processing digital data that represents an image.
  • the context of the invention can also include transforming data from multiple images into a merged image.
  • the invention can include a method of acquiring improved resolution holographic imagery from a direct-to-digital holography system using off-axis illumination.
  • the invention can also include an apparatus for acquiring improved resolution holographic imagery with a direct-to- digital holography (DDH) system that uses off-axis illumination.
  • DDH direct-to- digital holography
  • the object to be observed is optically coupled to an illumination source via one or more optical components.
  • the illumination beam is typically passed through the center of the target objective (i.e., lens system) along, and thus parallel to, the optical axis.
  • This type of DDH configuration can be referred to as "on-axis illumination” and allows spatial frequencies (q) of the object to be acquired up to a certain limit (qO), which is determined by the objective aperture.
  • the invention can include an "off-axis illumination” scenario, where the illumination source is displaced laterally so that the beam will pass through the object objective off-center yet still parallel to the optical axis.
  • the illumination will, due to the focusing effect of the objective, be incident upon the object at some angle to the optical axis. Due to this off-axis illumination, higher spatial frequencies (q>q0) of the object can pass through the objective aperture, and thus be observed, than can with on-axis illumination. This is an important advantage of the invention.
  • the invention can include an extended DDH system (apparatus) adapted to digitally capture the on-axis- and one, or more, off-axis-illuminated holograms of the same object.
  • the invention can also include analyzing and/or processing (fusing) the digitally captured data.
  • the resulting, fused image will contain a wider range of spatial frequencies than in any of the original holograms, thus providing a significant increase in the nominal imaging resolution of the system compared to the case where no off-axis-illuminated data is available.
  • the imaging resolution of fundamental DDH systems is limited by the optics, most notably the aperture stop, which is required to prevent degradation of the image quality due to aberrations.
  • the aperture stop is required to prevent aliasing of higher frequencies and subsequent degradation of imaging quality.
  • the optics of the DDH system are such that only object spatial frequencies within a circle of radius qO can be transmitted.
  • the aperture with radius qO appears shifted (e.g., to the left) in the frequency domain. This implies that in the direction in which the aperture is shifted, spatial frequencies with q>q0 are transmitted.
  • the invention can include an extension of the fundamental DDH system to automatically capture both on-axis and off-axis illuminated holograms.
  • the invention can also include methods to analyze and fuse the results of these holograms to produce a representation of the observed object with more spatial resolution than available in the prior DDH art.
  • the object beam 125 is parallel to the optical axis 127.
  • this set-up can be referred to as on-axis illumination.
  • Off-axis illumination refers to the case where the object beam 125 is incident upon the object 130 at some angle with respect to the optical axis 127 (an example is illustrated by the object team 215,305 shown in FIG. 3).
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 an embodiment of an off-axis illumination DDH apparatus is illustrated, hi FIGS. 2 and 3, there are two primary modifications from FIG. 1.
  • a first modification is that the laser source 105, the beam expander/spatial filter 110, and the lens 115 are grouped into a computer-controlled, moveable enclosure 205.
  • the enclosure 205 can be movable along an axis that is substantially parallel to the optical axis 127.
  • the enclosure 205 can be movable along an axis that is substantially coplanar with a normal to the beamsplitter 120.
  • a second modification is the addition of the object objective 210.
  • the laser source enclosure 205 is positioned so that the object beam 125 reflects off of the beamsplitter 120 to pass through the center of the object objective 210.
  • the object beam 125 then leaves the object objective 210 and is incident upon the object 130, centered around the optical axis 127.
  • on-axis illumination is achieved and the system of FIG. 2 is effectively the same as that in FIG. 1.
  • the laser source enclosure 205 is shifted (up in this particular configuration) so that the object beam 125 passes through the object objective 210 off-center.
  • the laser source enclosure 205 can alternatively be shifted down.
  • the object beam 215 leaving the object objective 210 is incident upon the object 130 at some angle with respect to the optical axis 127, thereby achieving off-axis illumination.
  • the object beam 215 can be incident upon the object 130 substantially non-parallel to the optic axis 127.
  • the object beam 305 reflected from the object passes back through the object objective 210 off-axis, but due to the optical properties of the object objective 210 and the focusing lens 150 is still focused on the CCD (not shown).
  • the properties of diffraction imply that the hologram formed at the CCD by the interference of the object beam 305 and the reference beam 135 will contain some spatial frequencies of the object that are not observed using on-axis illumination.
  • the invention can include an apparatus operable to digitally record a spatially heterodyne hologram including spatially heterodyne fringes for Fourier analysis, comprising: a laser; a beamsplitter optically coupled to the laser; a reference beam mirror optically coupled to the beamsplitter; an object optically coupled to the beamsplitter; a focusing lens optically coupled to both the reference beam mirror and the object; a digital recorder optically coupled to the focusing lens; and a computer for performing a Fourier transform, applying a digital filter, and performing an inverse Fourier transform, wherein a reference beam is incident upon the reference beam mirror at a non-normal angle, an object beam is incident upon the object at an angle with respect to an optical axis defined by the focusing lens, the reference beam and an object beam, which constitute a plurality of simultaneous reference and object waves, are focused by the focusing lens at a focal plane of the digital recorder to form a spatially heterodyne hologram including spatially heterody
  • the apparatus can include an object objective optically coupled between the beamsplitter and the object.
  • the apparatus can include an aperture stop coupled between the object and the focusing lens.
  • the beamsplitter, the reference beam mirror and the digital recorder can define a Michelson geometry.
  • the beamsplitter, the reference beam mirror and the digital recorder can define a Mach-Zehner geometry.
  • the apparatus can also include a digital storage medium coupled to the computer for performing a Fourier transform, applying a digital filter, and performing an inverse Fourier transform.
  • the digital recorder can include a CCD camera 350 that defines pixels.
  • the apparatus can include a beam expander/spatial filter 230 optically coupled between the laser and the beamsplitter.
  • the angle between the reference beam and the object beam, and a magnification provided by the focusing lens, can be selected in order that the digital recorder may resolve features of the spatially heterodyne hologram including spatially heterodyne fringes for Fourier analysis. So that the digital recorder may resolve a feature, two fringes, each having two pixels per fringe, can be provided.
  • the invention can include a spatially heterodyne hologram produced by the above-described apparatus, embodied on a computer- readable medium.
  • the invention can include a method of recording a spatially heterodyne hologram including spatially heterodyne fringes for Fourier analysis, comprising: splitting a laser beam into a reference beam and an object beam; reflecting the reference beam from a reference mirror at a non-normal angle; reflecting the object beam from an object at an angle with respect to an optical axis defined by a focusing lens; focusing the reference beam and the object beam, which constitute a plurality of simultaneous reference and object waves, with the focusing lens at a focal plane of a digital recorder to form a spatially heterodyne hologram including spatially heterodyne fringes for Fourier analysis; digitally recording the spatially heterodyne hologram including spatially heterodyne fringes for Fourier analysis; Fourier analyzing the recorded spatially heterodyne hologram including spatially heterodyne fringes by transforming axes of the recorded spatially heterodyne hologram including spatially heterodyne fringes in Fourier
  • the method can include refracting the object beam with an object objective before reflecting the object beam from an object at an angle with respect to an optical axis defined by a focusing lens and after reflecting the object beam from an object at an angle with respect to an optical axis defined by a focusing lens.
  • the step of transforming axes of the recorded spatially heterodyne hologram can include transforming with an extended Fourier transform.
  • the step of digitally recording can include detecting the beams with a CCD camera that defines pixels.
  • the off-axis illuminated spatially heterodyne hologram can be an off-axis illuminated spatially low-frequency heterodyne hologram; the phrase low-frequency implies that the fundamental fringe spatial frequency is below the Nyquist sampling limit.
  • the method can also include storing the spatially heterodyne hologram including spatially heterodyne fringes for Fourier analysis as digital data.
  • the method can also include replaying the Fourier analyzed spatially heterodyne hologram.
  • the method can also include transmitting the Fourier analyzed spatially heterodyne hologram.
  • the invention can include a spatially heterodyne hologram prepared by the above-described method(s), embodied on a computer-readable medium.
  • a two-dimensional Fourier plane is depicted for a hypothetical object, where zero frequency 405 is the center.
  • the zero frequency for the object 405 corresponds to the heterodyne or carrier frequency in the hologram.
  • All of the spatial frequencies of the object are represented by the filled circle 410.
  • On-axis illumination will capture only those frequencies indicated by the sold-line circle 415.
  • One instance of off-axis illumination will capture the frequencies indicated by the dash-line circle 420.
  • Other instances of off-axis illumination can capture other regions of the object spectrum 410.
  • a DDH apparatus such as that shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 can be used to capture and store multiple holograms — both on-axis and off-axis illuminated — of the same object area. Realizing that each such hologram contains information about difference spatial frequencies of the object, methods to analyze these holograms and compute a single, reconstructed image will be discussed in detail below.
  • the reconstructed image can contain all of the observed spatial frequencies and thus provide a significantly higher resolution image than any single recorded image.
  • the methods presented hereafter are intended to serve as representative examples and are not intended to preclude extensions, modifications, or other approaches.
  • the solid circle 510 represents spatial frequencies observed with on-axis illumination while the dotted-line circles 515, 520, 525, 530 represent spatial frequencies observed by four different off-axis illuminated holograms.
  • ⁇ k and ⁇ k are the fringe contrast and phase offset, respectively, for hologram k andj is the square root of negative one.
  • the invention can include normalizing and/or compensating for varying fringe contrasts.
  • One such method for fringe contrast normalization can be described as follows. First we note that G k (q) above represents the Fourier transform of one acquired object wave (or image) gk (x) : where the Fourier transform operation.
  • the image g ⁇ 0 ( x ) is constructed by keeping only the frequencies of g k ( x ) common to both g k ( x ) and the reference image g 0 ( ⁇ *) • Similarly, the image g 0 , k ( ) comprises only the frequencies of g 0 ( x ) common to both go( x ) and gk ( x ) . These common frequencies can be visualized as the intersection of the two apertures W 0 (q) and W k (q) as illustrated in Fig. 10. Once g A;0 ( ) and g 0 , ⁇ W have been constructed, a ratio image ⁇ k ( ⁇ ) is computed as
  • the relative fringe contrast, M k l Mo can be estimated as the sample mean (average) of the magnitude of the ratio image Zk ( ⁇ ) ' ⁇
  • the invention can include normalizing and/or compensating for the phase offsets.
  • One method for phase offset normalization is to compute the same ratio image described above for fringe contrast normalization. Then the relative phase offset, exp /( ⁇ ⁇ - ro)), can computed as the (weighted) sample mean of the phase of the ratio image X k ( x ) ' ⁇
  • weighting factor is fixed equal to one.
  • the weighting factor may be related to the magnitudes of the individual images used to compute the ratio image. This may be used because phase data is often inaccurate when the magnitude is very small.
  • One such embodiment for computing the weighting factor is
  • phase offset estimation is described as follows. Often phase offset is due to errors in locating the carrier frequency. Under such a condition, the phase offset of the ratio image takes the form
  • the real and imaginary parts can be considered separate elements of a two-dimensional vector Re ⁇ Z ⁇ k (x)Y + ⁇ k Im yt O L + y k )
  • Wk(q) is essentially a window function that represents the region of the spectrum observed by hologram k.
  • the window functions from FIG. 5 would be equal to one inside and zero outside the respective circles 510, 515, 520, 525, 530.
  • the window function can be modeled using a circularly symmetric Butterworth function:
  • qi and q 2 represent the horizontal and spatial frequency variables of the vector q
  • ci and c represent the center point of the function in the Fourier plane
  • r represent the radius of the function
  • m is the order of the filter.
  • the goal of the fusion method is to form an estimate of F(q) from the observations Gk(q).
  • One approach to estimate F(q) is to employ a linear estimator based upon the minimum mean square error criterion; this is the well-known linear, minimum mean-square error (LMMSE) estimator.
  • LMMSE linear minimum mean-square error estimator
  • c(q) is a positive number that represents a regularization parameter that can be selected dependent upon the specifics of the system.
  • This regularization parameter is used to compensate for system noise.
  • c(q) could be set to zero, in which case the estimate for F(q) reduces to a simple average.
  • F(q) reduces to a simple average.
  • c(q) can be set (either to a constant or to vary with q) based on some computational analysis of the observed holograms and images.
  • Many such approaches for computing the regularization parameter may be devised by those skilled in the art.
  • Simple averaging or LMMSE estimation are perhaps the most straightforward approaches for computing the fused image.
  • a few alternative optimization criteria for computing the fused image might include maximum likelihood (ML) estimation, maximum a posteriori (MAP) estimation, and/or total least squares (TLS) estimation. Note that these examples are not exhaustive.
  • FIG. 7 shows the discrete Fourier spectra obtained from five different holograms.
  • the first image 705 corresponds to on-axis illumination while images 710, 715, 720, and 725 correspond to various off-axis illumination conditions.
  • the fusion method described above was employed to produce the fused spectrum shown in image 730.
  • FIG. 8 shows the object amplitude reconstructed from only the on-axis illuminated hologram.
  • FIG. 9 shows the object amplitude reconstructed from the fused result. It is important to note the grid structure that becomes apparent in FIG. 9 (and which is absent in FIG. 8) due to the increased resolution that results from the fusion.
  • the disclosed embodiments show a computer controlled, moveable enclosure as the structure for performing the function of aligning the source, beam expander/spatial filter and lens so that the object beam passes through the object objective on-center or off-center, but the structure for aligning the source, beam expander/spatial filter and lens can be any other structure capable of performing the function of aligning the object beam so that it passes through the object objective on-center or off-center, including, by way of example 1 a moveable platform for displacing the beamsplitter, the mirror, the object objective, the object, the focusing lens and the CCD camera relative to the source, beam expander/spatial filter and lens, or as another example, a series of movable optical elements (e.g., mirrors), or as another example a flexible optical fiber and/or cable.
  • a moveable platform for displacing the beamsplitter, the mirror, the object objective, the object, the focusing lens and the CCD camera relative to the source, beam expander/spatial filter and lens
  • a or an, as used herein, are defined as one or more than one.
  • the term plurality, as used herein, is defined as two or more than two.
  • the term another, as used herein, is defined as at least a second or more.
  • the terms including and/or having, as used herein, are defined as comprising (i.e., open language).
  • the term coupled, as used herein, is defined as connected, although not necessarily directly, and not necessarily mechanically.
  • the term approximately, as used herein, is defined as at least close to a given value (e.g., preferably within 10% of, more preferably within 1% of, and most preferably within 0.1% of).
  • the term substantially, as used herein, is defined as largely but not necessarily wholly that which is specified.
  • the term generally, as used herein, is defined as at least approaching a given state.
  • the term deploying, as used herein, is defined as designing, building, shipping, installing and/or operating.
  • the term means, as used herein, is defined as hardware, firmware and or software for achieving a result.
  • the term program or phrase computer program, as used herein, is defined as a sequence of instructions designed for execution on a computer system.
  • a program, or computer program may include a subroutine, a function, a procedure, an object method, an object implementation, an executable application, an applet, a servlet, a source code, an object code, a shared library/dynamic load library and/or other sequence of instructions designed for execution on a computer or computer system.
  • the phrase low- frequency, as used herein, can be defined as implying that the fundamental fringe spatial frequency is below the Nyquist sampling limit. Practical Applications of the Invention
  • the invention is useful in conjunction with microelectronic(mechanical) fabrication, such as for semiconductor inspection.
  • the invention is also useful in conjunction with nanotechnology research, development and manufacturing, such as nanovisualization, nanomeasurement, or the like.
  • the invention is useful in the context of an interferometer using digital processing and/or a digital data acquisition, for example, a direct-to-digital holography tool based on electron holography. There are virtually innumerable uses for the invention, all of which need not be detailed here.
  • a method, apparatus and/or computer program, representing an embodiment of the invention can be cost effective and advantageous for at least the following reasons.
  • the invention can provide computer-control of object illumination.
  • the invention can provide fusion of results from multiple holograms.
  • the invention can provide significantly increased imaging resolution.
  • the invention improves quality and/or reduces costs compared to previous approaches.
  • the individual components need not be combined in the disclosed configurations, but could be combined in virtually all configurations. Further, variation may be made in the steps or in the sequence of steps composing methods described herein. Further, although the apparatus described herein can be a separate module, it will be manifest that the apparatus may be integrated into the system with which it is associated. Furthermore, all the disclosed elements and features of each disclosed embodiment can be combined with, or substituted for, the disclosed elements and features of every other disclosed embodiment except where such elements or features are mutually exclusive.

Landscapes

  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Mathematical Physics (AREA)
  • Holo Graphy (AREA)
  • Liquid Crystal (AREA)
  • Image Input (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne des systèmes et des procédés d'holographie directe-numérique à éclairage indirect. L'invention concerne un procédé d'enregistrement d'un hologramme hétérodyne spatial à éclairage indirect comprenant des franges hétérodynes spatiales en vue de l'analyse de Fourrier consistant à : réfléchir un faisceau de référence à partir d'un miroir de référence selon un angle non normal ; réfléchir un faisceau objet à partir d'un objet selon un angle qui se forme par rapport à un axe optique défini par une lentille de mise au point, mettre au point le faisceau de référence et le faisceau objet à un plan focal d'un enregistreur numérique afin de former un hologramme hétérodyne spatial à éclairage indirect comprenant des franges hétérodynes spatiales en vue de l'analyse de Fourrier ; enregistrer de manière numérique l'hologramme hétérodyne spatial à éclairage indirect comprenant des franges hétérodynes spatiales en vue de l'analyse de Fourrier ; analyser selon Fourrier l'hologramme hétérodyne spatial à éclairage indirect enregistré comprenant des franges hétérodynes spatiales au moyen de la transformation d'axes de l'hologramme hétérodyne spatial avec éclairage indirect enregistré comprenant des franges hétérodynes spatiales dans un espace Fourrier afin de se positionner sur la partie supérieure d'une porteuse hétérodyne définie comme un angle formé entre le faisceau de référence et le faisceau objet ; appliquer un filtre numérique pour découper les signaux autour d'une origine originale ; puis à effectuer une transformée de Fourrier inverse.
EP03749369A 2002-09-03 2003-09-03 Holographie directe-numerique a eclairage indirect Withdrawn EP1537456A2 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (7)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US234042 2002-09-03
US10/234,043 US7038787B2 (en) 2002-09-03 2002-09-03 Content-based fused off-axis object illumination direct-to-digital holography
US234043 2002-09-03
US234044 2002-09-03
US10/234,042 US6963406B2 (en) 2002-09-03 2002-09-03 Fused off-axis object illumination direct-to-digital holography with a plurality of illumination sources
US10/234,044 US6747771B2 (en) 2002-09-03 2002-09-03 Off-axis illumination direct-to-digital holography
PCT/US2003/027569 WO2004023217A2 (fr) 2002-09-03 2003-09-03 Holographie directe-numerique a eclairage indirect

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP1537456A2 true EP1537456A2 (fr) 2005-06-08

Family

ID=31982278

Family Applications (3)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP03749369A Withdrawn EP1537456A2 (fr) 2002-09-03 2003-09-03 Holographie directe-numerique a eclairage indirect
EP03770283A Withdrawn EP1537458A2 (fr) 2002-09-03 2003-09-03 Acquisition rapide d'holographie directe-numerique indirecte a eclairage en fusion
EP03770282A Withdrawn EP1537457A2 (fr) 2002-09-03 2003-09-03 Holographie directe-numerique indirecte a eclairage en fusion utilisant un contenu

Family Applications After (2)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP03770283A Withdrawn EP1537458A2 (fr) 2002-09-03 2003-09-03 Acquisition rapide d'holographie directe-numerique indirecte a eclairage en fusion
EP03770282A Withdrawn EP1537457A2 (fr) 2002-09-03 2003-09-03 Holographie directe-numerique indirecte a eclairage en fusion utilisant un contenu

Country Status (5)

Country Link
EP (3) EP1537456A2 (fr)
JP (3) JP2005537518A (fr)
KR (3) KR100712708B1 (fr)
AU (3) AU2003278759A1 (fr)
WO (3) WO2004023217A2 (fr)

Families Citing this family (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
KR100870967B1 (ko) * 2007-03-22 2008-12-01 (주)에이피앤텍 허상이 제거되는 디지털 홀로그램 기록재생장치 및기록재생방법
KR101126369B1 (ko) * 2008-12-31 2012-03-23 (주)와이티에스 다이렉트 방식의 레이저 빔 측정장치
KR101270768B1 (ko) * 2011-04-19 2013-06-05 전자부품연구원 홀로그램 재생 장치 및 방법
CN103336369A (zh) * 2013-07-15 2013-10-02 上海宏盾防伪材料有限公司 一种拍摄同轴全息透镜的光路系统及其方法
JP7161777B2 (ja) * 2017-08-30 2022-10-27 兵庫県公立大学法人 ホログラフィック撮像装置および同装置に用いるデータ処理方法
JP7237202B2 (ja) * 2019-12-11 2023-03-10 富士フイルム株式会社 制御装置、制御装置の作動方法、制御装置の作動プログラム
JPWO2023021795A1 (fr) * 2021-08-17 2023-02-23

Family Cites Families (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6525821B1 (en) * 1997-06-11 2003-02-25 Ut-Battelle, L.L.C. Acquisition and replay systems for direct-to-digital holography and holovision
US6078392A (en) * 1997-06-11 2000-06-20 Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corp. Direct-to-digital holography and holovision
JP3759677B2 (ja) * 1998-07-17 2006-03-29 株式会社ミツトヨ 光波干渉計における寸法測定方法
US6262818B1 (en) * 1998-10-07 2001-07-17 Institute Of Applied Optics, Swiss Federal Institute Of Technology Method for simultaneous amplitude and quantitative phase contrast imaging by numerical reconstruction of digital holograms

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
See references of WO2004023217A2 *

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
WO2004023219A3 (fr) 2004-04-22
JP2005537518A (ja) 2005-12-08
KR20050057154A (ko) 2005-06-16
KR20050057155A (ko) 2005-06-16
AU2003268404A8 (en) 2004-03-29
EP1537457A2 (fr) 2005-06-08
EP1537458A2 (fr) 2005-06-08
AU2003278760A8 (en) 2004-03-29
AU2003268404A1 (en) 2004-03-29
JP2005537517A (ja) 2005-12-08
WO2004023217A3 (fr) 2004-04-22
KR20060055425A (ko) 2006-05-23
WO2004023219A2 (fr) 2004-03-18
AU2003278760A1 (en) 2004-03-29
JP2005537516A (ja) 2005-12-08
AU2003278759A1 (en) 2004-03-29
KR100712708B1 (ko) 2007-05-02
WO2004023217A2 (fr) 2004-03-18
KR100715033B1 (ko) 2007-05-09
WO2004023218A3 (fr) 2004-04-22
AU2003278759A8 (en) 2004-03-29
KR100717414B1 (ko) 2007-05-11
WO2004023218A2 (fr) 2004-03-18

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US6747771B2 (en) Off-axis illumination direct-to-digital holography
KR100558020B1 (ko) 디지털 방식의 홀로그래피, 홀로그래피 간섭법, 및 홀로비젼
US7978403B2 (en) Imaging interferometric microscopy
US7068375B2 (en) Direct-to-digital holography reduction of reference hologram noise and fourier space smearing
US7038787B2 (en) Content-based fused off-axis object illumination direct-to-digital holography
KR20050046769A (ko) 복소 이미지들간의 차이를 검출하는 시스템 및 방법
EP1537456A2 (fr) Holographie directe-numerique a eclairage indirect
US6963406B2 (en) Fused off-axis object illumination direct-to-digital holography with a plurality of illumination sources
JP2019078635A (ja) 測定装置、データ処理装置、データ処理方法およびプログラム
WO2021003380A1 (fr) Procédure de déphasage sans étalonnage pour holographie à auto-interférence
CN114374779B (zh) 一种全光场成像相机及其成像方法及全光场成像装置
Ferraro et al. Digital holography: recent advancements and prospective improvements for applications in microscopy
US20160320485A1 (en) Image processing method
JPH11258057A (ja) 複素信号検出方法、複素顕微鏡、および複素回折装置
WO2008020083A2 (fr) Hologrammes numériques à haute résolution
US20230259070A1 (en) Systems and Methods for Reconstruction of Digital Holograms
CN118444545A (zh) 一种应用于数字全息显微中相位畸变的自动去除方法
Kocsis et al. SSR-PR: Single-shot Super-Resolution Phase Retrieval based two prior calibration tests
Ferreira et al. Two-dimensional lensless object scanning holography
Xu High Quality 3D Shape Reconstruction via Digital Refocusing and Pupil Apodization in Multi-wavelength Holographic Interferometry.
García et al. Lensless object scanning holography for diffuse objects
Khodadad Combined Digital Holography and Speckle Correlation for Rapid Shape Evaluation
Chen et al. Profiling of an object using a time-frequency analysis method in digital holographic interferometry

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

17P Request for examination filed

Effective date: 20050329

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A2

Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

AX Request for extension of the european patent

Extension state: AL LT LV MK

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: HK

Ref legal event code: DE

Ref document number: 1071792

Country of ref document: HK

DAX Request for extension of the european patent (deleted)
STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN

18D Application deemed to be withdrawn

Effective date: 20080401

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: HK

Ref legal event code: WD

Ref document number: 1071792

Country of ref document: HK